Russia’s deportations of Ukrainian children were crimes against humanity, UN probe concludes
Russia’s deportations of Ukrainian children were crimes against humanity, UN probe concludes
Russia’s deportations of Ukrainian children were crimes against humanity, UN probe concludes
Nearly 80 percent of the children documented to have been snatched by Russia have not been returned to Ukraine, a U.N. report finds.
Russia committed crimes against humanity by deporting Ukrainian children, a United Nations inquiry said Thursday — with President Vladimir Putin’s involvement in the policy “visible from the outset.”
In its latest report, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said the deportation and forcible transfer of children by Russian authorities, as well as enforced disappearances, represented crimes against humanity.
“Based on new evidence, the Commission has now concluded that the Russian authorities committed crimes against humanity,” Commission chair Erik Møse told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The determination marks a legal escalation. Earlier investigations had documented the removal of Ukrainian children from their homes but stopped short of classifying the practice as a crime against humanity — one of the most serious charges under international law.